Royal Air Force - RAF

The four engine seaplane left the bay of Abu Qir by night for a maritime patrol flight. Shortly after take off, during the initial climb, the engine number one caught fire. The captain attempted to return for an emergency landing but due to smoke spread in the cockpit, he lost control of the aircraft that crashed into the sea few hundred yards off shore. Eight crew members were killed while six others were injured.
Crew:
F/Lt A. F. Howell, pilot, †
F/O S. R. H. Dunfield, pilot,
P/O A. G. G. Richmond, pilot,
Cpl F. Milne, flight engineer, †
F/Lt R. F. Crockett, observer, †
F/Sgt R. D. Adamson, wireless operator and air gunner, †
Sgt B. W. Jenkins, wireless operator and air gunner, †
Sgt J. McSherry, wireless operator and air gunner, †
P/O R. J. Lunn, wireless operator and air gunner, †
Sgt A. M. Goldsmith, wireless operator and air gunner,
AC1 W. Thomas, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt G. F. A. WHITEHEAD, air gunner,
LAC K. Barrow, air gunner, †
LAC Cowles, instructor.

The crew left RAF Silloth in the evening of September 5 on a night training exercise. After completing a flight over Northern Ireland, the crew was returning to his base in the middle of the night. On the return leg, the crew encountered low visibility due to clouds. The twin engine aircraft went off track to the east by 40 miles when it hit the slope of Mt Cross Fell, east of Penrith. All five crew members were killed.
Crew (1st OTU):
P/O Paul Arthur Bourke, pilot,
Sgt John Bumpstead, navigator,
Sgt Robert Band, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt Leslie Thomas Griffin, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt Richard William Hewitt, wireless operator and air gunner.
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The crew was engaged in a navigation exercise from the RAF Dalcross. En route, the twin engine aircraft entered a cloudy area and while at an altitude of 1,725 feet, hit a hill located south of Strachan. A crew member was killed while the second occupant was rescued.
Crew (2nd FIS):
P/O John Keddie, pilot, †
P/O White, navigator.

On approach to RAF Wigsley, an engine failed. The aircraft stalled and crashed short of the runway threshold. While all occupants were unhurt, the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.
Crew:
Clinch,
Elkington,
F. E. Eustace,
Mims,
A. A. Morgan,
Rowlands.

After landing at RAF Wigsley, the aircraft skidded on runway, veered off and eventually collided with trees. All occupants escaped uninjured while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

The crew left RAF Scampton at 2111LT on August 28 on a bombing mission to Nuremberg, Germany. While overflying The Netherlands by night, the aircraft was attacked by the pilot of a German fighter. The aircraft dove into the ground and crashed in a field located in Maasbracht, some 10 km southwest of Roermond. Five crew members were killed while two others were injured.
Crew (49th Squadron):
F/O John Lowrie, pilot, †
W/O J. Allen,
Sgt Reginald Patrick Dobson, †
Sgt G. H. M. Gordon,
Sgt Eric Albert Berrett, wireless operator, †
F/Sgt Norman Rae Mitchell, wireless operator and air gunner, †
Sgt William Dudley Peirce. †

The crew left RAF Elsham Wolds at the end of the day on a bombing mission to Saarbrücken, Germany. While overflying Germany by night, the aircraft was attacked by the pilot of a German fighter. The captain reduced his altitude in an attempt to make an emergency landing in a field but the aircraft eventually stalled and crashed into the Laacher Lake, north of Mending. Four crew members were killed while three others were injured. The aircraft sunk and was lost.
Crew (103rd Squadron):
Sgt H. G. Dryhurst, pilot,
Sgt J. W. Platt, flight engineer, †
Sgt A. A. Roberts, navigator,
P/O V. M. M. Morrison, bomb aimer, †
F/S J. J. Carey, wireless operator, †
Sgt B. F. Hughes, air gunner,
Sgt J. L. MacLachlan, air gunner. †

Crashed on takeoff. Pilot rescued.

The crew left RAF Elsham Wolds at 2054LT on a bombing mission to Essen, Germany. While overflying The Netherlands by night at an altitude of 3,500 meters, the aircraft was shot down by the pilot (Cpt Wolfgang Thimmig Stab III/NJG1) of a German fighter and crashed in flames in a field located in Buurserveen, about 4 km south of Haaksbergen, near the German border. All seven occupants were killed.
Crew (103rd Squadron):
F/Lt J. R. Frith,
Sgt W. Duncombe,
P/O E. A. R. Briant,
Sgt G. H. Wilson,
F/S B. S. Blundall,
Sgt J. D. Craig,
P/O P. G. Hopkins.

The crew was performing a night exercise from the RAF Millom. En route, an undefined technical failure occurred and the pilot lost control of the aircraft that crashed near Ravenglass. Both occupants were killed.
Crew (1st OTU):
F/O Gerald J. T. Snoxell, pilot,
Sgt Gregor S. McGregor, navigator.